Economic Daily: Continuously enhancing the resilience and vitality of foreign trade in the Yangtze River Delta.

In the first 7 months of this year, the Yangtze River Delta region delivered an impressive foreign trade performance: the total import and export value reached 9.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year on year, accounting for 37.3% of the national total import and export value during the same period, an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the same period last year. Behind this data, it reflects the important position of the Yangtze River Delta region in China's foreign trade development under the national strategy of regional integration. With less than 4% of the national territory, the region contributes to more than one-third of the country's foreign trade share, and its stable growth plays a crucial role in consolidating the country's foreign trade base. Next, efforts should be made from various aspects to promote the new development of foreign trade in the Yangtze River Delta region. Encouraging companies to actively explore diversified markets. Based on consolidating existing markets, foreign trade enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region are encouraged to strengthen cooperation with countries along the "Belt and Road" and RCEP member countries and other trade partners, expand foreign trade market space, diversify international market layout, reduce reliance on a single market, and enhance the resilience and vitality of foreign trade development. Building a unified and open market system. Further eliminate unreasonable restrictions such as regional division and local protection, promote reforms such as "one license for multiple addresses" and "one certificate for multiple addresses", deepen the coordinated work mechanism of customs in the Yangtze River Delta region, and ensure the implementation of key measures. Relying on platforms such as the pilot free trade zone and comprehensive pilot projects for expanding the opening of the service industry, actively align with international high-standard economic and trade rules, steadily expand rules, regulations, management, standards and other institutional opening, create more favorable conditions for foreign trade development. Increase financial support. Build a multi-level support system, encourage policy banks to deepen cooperation with commercial banks, form banking consortia to support enterprises in carrying out foreign trade business in accordance with the law and regulations. Guide financial institutions to carry out cross-border fund pool business in a compliant and orderly manner. Play the role of governmental financing guarantee, innovate exchange rate hedging solutions, strengthen exchange rate hedging propaganda and training, and enhance enterprises' ability to cope with exchange rate fluctuations. Encourage financial institutions to innovate foreign trade financing products and digital financial products, and focus on strengthening financial support for private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region.